The very first thing an EMT should do when approaching a scene
What is BSI/scene size up?
100
This term describes the acronym CPR
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
100
Term to describe abnormally slow breathing
What is bradypnea?
100
The acronym BLS stands for..
What is basic life support?
100
Bluish-gray color indicative of poor circulatory perfusion
What is cyanosis?
200
Acronym used to determine a patient's responsiveness.
What is AVPU?
200
The number of compressions and breaths given to an adult during one cycle of CPR
What is 30 compressions and 2 breaths?
200
The large, dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity; primary muscle for respiration
What is the diaphragm?
200
Medical term used to describe a heart rate that exceeds a normal resting rate.
What is tachycardia?
200
Bright red, spurting blood.
What is an arterial bleed?
300
After determining a patient's responsiveness, this is the first thing that you should check.
What is an airway?
300
The pulse on an unresponsive infant is checked here prior to CPR
What is the brachial pulse?
300
Normal respiratory rate for Adults AND Children
(BONUS: infants)
What is 12-20(A), 15-30(C), 25-50 (I) breaths/min?
300
A law that provides basic legal protection for those who assist a person who is injured or in danger.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
300
The preferred position for an unconscious patient (non-trauma).
What is the Recovery Position?
400
Something that should be checked before and after splinting and/or back boarding
What is CMS/PMS?
400
Technique used to open the airway in a patient with suspected spinal injuries.
What is a jaw thrust?
400
May be used when an oropharyngeal airway causes a gag reflex
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
400
The stiffening of muscles following death.
What is Rigor Mortis?
400
Describes pressure of blood against walls of arteries when ventricles contract.
Bonus: What number is this on a BP reading?
What is systolic blood pressure (top number)?
500
This is how often an unstable and stable patient should be reassessed (after completing your secondary assessment).
What is every 5 minutes (unstable) and every 15 minutes (stable)?
500
BVM ventilation rate for child rescue breathing
What is 1 breath every 3-5 seconds?
500
You and your partner Gene respond to a report of a car vs. pedestrian. An elderly man has been struck by a car and is now on the sidewalk lying supine. Gene takes C-spine and you begin an initial assessment noticing that the man's breathing is fast and very shallow. He does not respond to you and also has some liquid or vomit running from his mouth.
A. Put a C-collar on him and assist ventilations with a BVM and high flow O2
B. Measure and insert an oropharyngeal airway
C. Suction his mouth
D. Do a head tilt chin lift to open his airway
What is C?
500
Term to describe a...
-seizure that lasts more than ten minutes
-3 or more seizures in an hour
-seizure (or series of seizures) w/o period of full orientation